Assistant Psychologist • Dartford Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
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with Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust.
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1. Graduate Basis for Chartership: Can you describe how your academic background has prepared you for this Assistant Psychologist role, particularly as it relates to the Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS? Graduate Basis for Chartership: Can you describe how your academic background has prepared you for this Assistant Psychologist role, particularly as it relates to the Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS?
2. Neuropsychological Assessments: What experience do you have with neuropsychological assessments, and how would you approach learning these skills under supervision? Neuropsychological Assessments: What experience do you have with neuropsychological assessments, and how would you approach learning these skills under supervision?
3. Psychosocial Interventions: Can you provide an example of a psychosocial intervention you have been a part of, and what was your role in the implementation of that intervention? Psychosocial Interventions: Can you provide an example of a psychosocial intervention you have been a part of, and what was your role in the implementation of that intervention?
4. Communication Skills: Describe a situation where you effectively communicated complex psychological concepts to a service user or a multidisciplinary team. What strategies did you use? Communication Skills: Describe a situation where you effectively communicated complex psychological concepts to a service user or a multidisciplinary team. What strategies did you use?
5. Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Share your experiences working as part of a multidisciplinary team. What roles did you play, and how did you ensure effective collaboration with other professionals? Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Share your experiences working as part of a multidisciplinary team. What roles did you play, and how did you ensure effective collaboration with other professionals?
6. Diverse Service Users: How would you approach working with diverse service users, including those with a range of backgrounds and experiences? Can you provide an example of a positive encounter you had in this context? Diverse Service Users: How would you approach working with diverse service users, including those with a range of backgrounds and experiences? Can you provide an example of a positive encounter you had in this context?
7. Experience with Dementia: What is your understanding and attitude towards working with older adults, especially those living with dementia? Experience with Dementia: What is your understanding and attitude towards working with older adults, especially those living with dementia?
8. Personal and Societal Bias: Can you discuss a time when you recognised a personal or societal bias in yourself? How did you address it, and what action did you take to ensure it did not affect your professional work? Personal and Societal Bias: Can you discuss a time when you recognised a personal or societal bias in yourself? How did you address it, and what action did you take to ensure it did not affect your professional work?
9. Commitment to Diversity: As the Trust is committed to increasing diversity in clinical psychology, why do you think diversity is important in mental health services? Commitment to Diversity: As the Trust is committed to increasing diversity in clinical psychology, why do you think diversity is important in mental health services?
10. Career Aspirations: How do you believe this role will help you in your career progression within psychological professions? Career Aspirations: How do you believe this role will help you in your career progression within psychological professions?
11. Positive Attitude: Can you provide an example of how you maintain a positive attitude in challenging situations, particularly when working with vulnerable populations? Positive Attitude: Can you provide an example of how you maintain a positive attitude in challenging situations, particularly when working with vulnerable populations?
12. Time Management: Describe how you prioritise your tasks when managing multiple responsibilities. How would you approach traveling between multiple sites and ensuring timely service delivery? Time Management: Describe how you prioritise your tasks when managing multiple responsibilities. How would you approach traveling between multiple sites and ensuring timely service delivery?
13. Organizational Skills: Can you talk about a situation where your organizational skills were crucial for successfully carrying out a project or task? Organizational Skills: Can you talk about a situation where your organizational skills were crucial for successfully carrying out a project or task?
14. Ethical Considerations: In your view, what ethical considerations must be taken into account when providing psychological assessment and interventions? Ethical Considerations: In your view, what ethical considerations must be taken into account when providing psychological assessment and interventions?
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nAssistant Psychologist with Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust in Dartford, England, United Kingdom\n\nFollowing a successful bid for funding from Health Education England, we are seeking 3 enthusiastic Assistant Psychologists, on fixed term, who are able to recognise and reflect upon personal and societal bias along a range of dimensions and difference. We are committed to increasing diversity within clinical psychology. As such, we welcome applications from people from backgrounds that are currently under-represented in the profession. Each successful applicant will be placed as follows: Dartford base (1), Maidstone base (1) & Canterbury base (1). If you are interested in applying, please state your base preferences, in the supporting information section of your application form. You will work with multidisciplinary teams under the supervision of a qualified psychologist offering psychological assessment, psychological/psychosocial interventions and working independently according to a plan agreed with qualified staff. You will have the opportunity to be involved in providing individual and group work, working with carers and the wider team. The post holder will be required to work full time, Monday to Friday. Travelling between multiple sites, attending meetings across Kent and, where necessary, undertaking home visits in a timely and efficient manner are all essential parts of the role. Please note these positions are only open to Psychology Graduates who are eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the British Psychological Society (BPS). To Be Successful In This Role You Will Need to have a positive attitude towards ageing and older age and towards those who are living with dementia. Already be confident in administering and interpreting neuropsychological assessments, or you will be a quick learner when it comes to picking up such skills, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist. Be a person who enjoys working in teams with other professional groups and values the contribution that other professionals bring. Have strong organisational, time management and professional communication/writing skills. Demonstrate the ability to engage with a wide variety of service users, their family members and multidisciplinary staff. Bring a positive and flexible approach to your work. We realise it can be difficult to embark on careers in psychological professions and we hope that by offering these posts, psychology graduates will have the opportunity to gain a wealth of valuable and relevant professional experience, to support career progression in the psychological professions. In these roles you will learn skills and gain experience which we hope will help support your career progression in the psychological professions Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life. We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC. Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones. The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service. Our strategy Our mission is what we set out to do every day We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people Our vision is where we want to be in the future To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nerisha Singh Job title: Consultant clinical psychologist Email address: nerisha.singh@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322 622208 Please contact Nerisha Singh via email in the first instance."}